Hours

The Tilted Kilt

March 9, 2012

San Diego’s installment of the Tilted Kilt serves as home base for Padres fans looking to fill up on brew and pub grub before heading into the ballpark, whose line literally spills onto the bar’s front doorstep.

Three 12-foot projection TVs and 30 flatscreens keep the crowd occupied, but the staff’s attire reigns as the main attraction. Guys wear black kilts and matching arse-kicker boots. Girls wear red plaid minikilts, kneesocks and teeny tiny white tie-tops, a look that splices Alicia Silverstone a la “Clueless” with the standard Japanese school girl fantasy. Who knew Hooters had a distant cousin from the British Isles?

The almond-wooded bar area occupies just less than half of the space, making for plenty of room to score a drink without needing to push and shove. Of the 24 beers on tap are the standard star brews: Harp, Bass, Guinness, Stella Artois, Blue Moon, as well as the Tilted Kilt’s own brand of wheat ale.

The menu reflects a crossbreeding between a Yankee sports bar and an Old World pub, with wings, pizzas and burgers listed alongside traditional chow like Shepherd’s Pie. Prices won’t cause the wallet too much pain, especially when compared to those of Petco’s concessions.

The Kilt enforces a strict no-reservations rule, and after 5 p.m. the under-21 crowd needs parental supervision to get through the door. (Derrik Chinn, SignOnSanDiego.com)

Think our Tilted Kilt Girls® are as lovely as we do? You’ll be happy to learn that our gorgeous 2018 Kilt Girl® Calendar is on sale now! Got an appetite of a different sort? Check out our amazing menu where you’ll find plenty of delicious pub food, including our signature handcrafted Pub Burgers, Traditional Wings and Fish & Chips. You can wash it all down with your choice of more than 30 Ice Cold Drafts like Guinness, Lagunitas and Shock Top or domestic drinks such as Bud Light, Coors Light, and Miller Lite to local Craft Drafts as well as bottled beers.

We pride ourselves on doing whatever we can to be your favorite local sports bar. You’ll love our dozens of televisions, which constantly show the best MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL, MLS, UFC/MMA and college sports available. Our Kilt Girls® can make you feel right at home, whether just for a quick drink or for a long, enjoyable meal with friends. Whatever the reason, we do our best each and every day to be your favorite local sports bar. So whenever you’d like to stop by, we’ll be here, ready to make sure you have a great time.